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@beehiveute…great analysis! 100% agree the biggest coaching deficiency is not defining the offensive identity and understanding why it makes sense to run it considering the assets Utah has and the recruits Utah can get, and what advantage Utah might have by running a certain system. It seems like the offensive identity is a week to week thing.…[Read more]

A comment on QB’s the last 10 years…I never want to see Tommy Grady or a Jordan Wynn type quarterback run the read option and keep the ball, it goes against the laws of physics.

@westslopecutthroat I would say my main strategy for Utah going forward is getting the angry JC kid. Although I would limit the angry JC kid strategy to mainly Wide Receivers, Running Backs, and Specialists. I would also want to plan and sign one linebacker and dt/de from Snow College every year to provide depth and fill a need. I would also…[Read more]

@whistleofmoose great analysis! totally agree, I would also mention a problem of having to be in a situation where we had to start Travis Wilson as a unprepared freshman, the ball was totally dropped after the Brian Johnson/Brett Ratliff qb era, Jordan Wynn was good, but couldn’t handle the wear and tear of the D1 level.

Also I agree with you…[Read more]

it seems like over the years, Utah has been able to get good wide receivers…I guess I would wonder, how would the good receivers in the past do vs the current PAC -12 defenses? Would that have been able to get open? I’m thinking about David Read, Freddy Brown, etc…the fringe NFL types Utah has had over the years.

@beehiveute Good comment! I really want to figure out what the offensive identity should be for Utah. I also think Travis gets too much of the blame, dude’s a warrior! If Utah had a quarterback with maybe better skills but less of a warrior, Utah would not have been 9-4 last year nor 8-2 this year. Another quarterback wouldn’t have lasted this…[Read more]

@yodaute Not necessarily start Manning, I am not just thinking about next year, but thinking long term and generally about what the offensive model / scheme should be and who would work best. I guess at this point I have come up with who typically success at Utah and what has driven Utah’s success, the next step would be to identify the scheme…[Read more]

@maximumkungfu I agree with you on your last point, I would double down on what Utah does well and create an offensive identify that works with what Utah can get and the demographics. One point that I heard today on Gunther is how the receivers don’t block and can’t get open. I wonder if with a different scheme that works better with who Utah…[Read more]

After reading some of the comments and giving it some more thought here is what I think here would be the best strategy going forward. To an extant I think Utah is already doing most of this, but I would want to overemphasize it.

Offense: Run a Stanford offense that fluctuates on being more or less dynamic depending of skill of QB we can…[Read more]

After reading some of the comments and giving it some more thought here is what I think here would be the best strategy going forward. To an extant I think Utah is already doing most of this, but I would want to overemphasize it.

Offense: Run a Stanford offense that fluctuates on being more or less dynamic depending of skill of QB we can…[Read more]

Great comments! I see the ideal Quarterback being a quarterback who can hit most of the throws and has a few designed runs. I loved some of the things that Washington’s QB did last week, I saw a few roll outs and a bootleg that worked well, obviously he looks like he will be really good, but it didn’t seem like those type of plays would require a…[Read more]